Indicating apparatus for maps and charts.



J. H.- A. MORICHARD.

INDICATING APPARATUS FOR MAPS AND CHARTS.

APPLICATloN FILED luLY 25.1916.

1,279,403, Patented sept. 17,1918.

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INDICATING APPARATUS FOR MAPSl AND CHARTS. APPLICATION FILED IuLY 25.1915.

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INDICATING APPARATUS FOR VlVIAIES AND CHARTS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 1 7, 191.8.y

iippiieation inea :ru'iy 25, 191,6. serial No. 111,114.

Ainvented certain new and useful Improvements in Indicating Apparatus for Maps and Charts, whereof the following is a specication.-

l This invention has relation to means or formation or positions on plans, maps, charts or the like, hereinafter included in the term charts, and the invention has for its object to provide simple and eflicient means to that end.

For this purpose, means or arrangements in accordance with this invention, comprise a frame between opposed members or parts of which wires or thelike are strung and strained parallel to one another and indicators movably mounted and held on said wires, the arrangement being such that when it is desired to give or obtain a graphical indication, the frame is placed upon a chart, and the indicators are adjusted in the wires.

The frame, as will be obvious, is removable and can be removed from one chart and placed upon another. If the indicators have been adjusted in relation to one chart so as to give a graphicalV indication, they will, if the frame be removed and placed upon lanother chart without alteration or adjustment of the indicators, give either the same graphical indication or one comparable with information contained o'n the second chart. t

In order that the invention may be clearly and readily understood, reference will' now be made to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents fa diagrammaticl plan view of an apparatus embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 represents on a larger scale the framecarrying the wire straining and-.holding means, parts being broken out.

Fig. 3 represents on a larger scale a perspective viewl` of a corner of said frame showing the stretcherjbar and means for Yadjusting it.Y Y

Fig. 4 represents aplan View of a large scale'of one of the movable indicatorsadjustable lon the stretched 'wires-of said frame.- y j l Fig, 5 representsv a side elevation of a modified form of one of said movable indicators.

Fig. 6 represents aside elevation of the indicatorshown in Fig. 4. n i Fig. 7 represents a side-elevation of another form ofvindicato'r. j f Fig. 8 represents aside elevation of they indicator shown in Fig. 5. v y Fig. Q'represents a plan view of a frag-1,. ment of the stretched wires provided withj indicators, the wires being lrelatively disl posed so as to permit indicators to pass onel another. A

Fig. 10 represents a transverse section of said frame ton frame;

Fig. 11.represents a longitudinal section thereof. j v i Fig. 12 represents aplan view of aduplex indicating apparatus yembodying `two provided4 with a protective skelestretching frames with wires disposed at rightangles respectively. l

Fig. 13 represents a longitudinal section thereof.

f Fig. 14 represents transverse lsection thereof. j l j The same reference numbers indicate corresponding'parts in the different figures.

In vthe form illustrated in Figs.. 1 and 2 the apparatus comprises a rectangularl frame 10. p

A is one of the members of the frame on which wire rholding means comprising av plurality of pins, studs or other holding means 1, vare mounted.. B is the opposed member of the frame. This member carries lugs E. 2 is a bar mounted on and movable upon the member BV (Fig. 3) This bar is also provided with lugs F and has a plurality of. pins orl studs '1 mounted thereon. A plurality .of suitable thumb screws 4 pass through the lugs E into tapped holes in the V.lugs F. -Theposition Vof thebar 2f is adjustedby rotating the thumb screws 4. .These adjusting screws need notl necessarilybe of the kind shown, but may be ofother pattern. If desired, the bar 2 may, instead offbeing made in one length, be made in a number of lengths, 5 is a piece of wire, such as piano wire. One end of the wireJ is secured to the member A and the wire is then passed aroundthe pins or studs 1 as shown in Fig.

0f ,the wireV would 'be Yattahedto the mem- 1. The other end Vof the wire is then secured to the bar 2. Of course, bothzends ber A, or to the bar 2, if the wire made one more span than shown on the drawing. The wire 5 is maintained taut by adjusting 'the bar or bars 2 in relation to the member B. It more than one bar 2 be employed, there `will, or may be, as man-y lengths of -wire as there are bars 2. Or, instead of having the wire er wires 5 garranged kas described, a number of wires each of a length toertend lacross the frame could be employed, in which case the wires could .o r would be anchored at one end and connected at the other to tension aCljusting means, such as are employed in pianos. Hare the indicators. vTheir construction will be apparent 'fromthe drawingswhere they are shown in plan in Fig. 4, in Yside elevation in Fig. `5 and in rear elevation in Fig. A6. The indicators are clipped on to lthe wires 5 by means of clips vor hooks formed by bending over inwardly the edges 6. It 'will be obvious that each indicator is .clipped ,and sprung into position on .two adjacent parallel lengths of the wire 5. Each indicator is Preferably provided With a pointer 8 which extends downward between .the parallel wires with which it engages with an upward lug 18 which serves as a handle by which the indicator is slid along the wires. The indicator can be slid along its wires until its indication end is above the desired object 4or position .to be indicated. The width of the indicatQIs is less than the vdistance between ladjacent lengths of wires 5: when, therefore, an indicator is clipped .oll to the wires 5, they are pulled rthe 011e toward the other. By this means an indicator is held iirmly in position and prevented vfrom vfree longitudinal movement or from slipping-0E the wires.

In Fig. 7 kis shown in end elevation an indicator having a different form feit `cli-p er hook and tormed by bending :over the edges 6 first inwardly and then outwardly. Indicators provided with this form of clip or hook are wider than vthe .distance between :adjacent `lengths Vof wire so that when in po'- Vsition thereon, thelengths are moved away from one another. Anindicator as shown in Fig. 7 is as 'firmly maintained as vis an indicator of the Ikind shown in Figs. 4, 5 and f6. i

As Va further means of maintaining the indicators a ,depression "Z .(see Fig. 8) may be formed therein .so as to form aconstruction in the clips or hooks formed by .the 1nlWardly .turned edges 6.

sign to represent some special object or to serve as a signal. The indicators may be fastened transversely of the wires as at G, Fig. 1, v.by forming undericuts 12 in the clips or hooks, the distancelbetween the inner ends of the undereuts12'being slightly greater than the distance apart of the wires.

' In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, two acent indicators cannot pass one another. To overcome this the wires may be arranged as shown in Fig. 9,V the indicators being mounted on the wires that are differently spaced. Y Y

As illustrated in Figs. 10 and ,11, the rectangular frame 10 is provided with a skeleton framel?) mounted over the frame 10 and yserving as a shield to protect the wire strainand holding means.

This apparatus may be constructed with two series of wires stretched at right angles, so that the indicators may be moved in directions mutually at right angles. 'The preferred embodiment of this form is illustrated in Figs. l2 t@ 14, in which there is added to the frame 1.0 ra similar frame 2O superposed on the frame 10, the frame 20 being like the frame 10 lexcept that the wire stretchers and holders are connected with the side bars lof the frame insteadv of the end bars thereof. These frames are preferably lhinged together as illustrated in the figures referred to.

By this invention, it is possible to show easily the altered positions of' objects from time to time bysliding the indicators linto .different positions `on the wires,vat the same time graphically indicating their previous position or positions by means of indicators dillerently colored .or shaped. y

It will also be yapparent,that by the use Of this invention a chart or' its `mounting is in .no way damaged or marked'as is the case when pins or like indicators `are -Stuck into the chart, or the chart is marked by means of ink, pencil, or the like.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner ,the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :w-

1. An indicating apparatus for charts comprising a frame adapted to be placed `over the chart, an adjustable stretcher bar movable on said frame, parallel wires `connected with said stretcher bar and with an opposite bar of said frame, means` for adjusting said stretcher bar, and indicators each engaging two of said parallel wiresQand movable between them.V j

2. An indicating apparatus for .charts comprising a frame adapted to be placed .over .the cha-rt, an adjustable stretcher bar .movable `on said frame, parallel wires connected with said stretcher bar and with an .opposite bar of said frame, means for adjusting said stretcher bar, and indicators each en- 13o gaging two of said parallel wires and movable between them and provided with a pointer extending downward between said wires.

3. Anindicating apparatus for charts comprising a frame adapted to be placed over the chart, an adjustable stretcher bar movable on said frame, parallel wires connected with said stretcher bar and with an opposite bar of said frame, means for adjusting said stretcher bar, and indicators each engaging two of said parallel wires and movable between them and provided with a pointer extending downward between said wires and with an upward lug adapted to serve as a moving handle.

4. An indicating apparatus for charts comprising superposed frames each provided with a movable stretcher bar and with means for adjusting said stretcher bar, parallel wires stretched from the movable bar of each frame to an opposite bar thereof, the wires of one frame being disposed at right angles to the wires of the other frame, and indicators each engaging two of said parallel wires and movable between them.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses. f

JEAN HENRI ADRIEN lllIORICHARD.vk

Witnesses: l

H. T'. JORRITTENA, D. C. GLENN.

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